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NSO Group Hit with $168m Fine for WhatsApp Pegasus Spyware Abuse

Infosecurity Magazineby Kevin Poireault ()3 min read2 · 1 read
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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2019-3568
Buffer Overflow RCE in WhatsApp VoIP Stack via Crafted RTCP Packets
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For the first time, after years of legal proceedings over its use of spy tools targeting politicians, activists, journalists and civil society advocates, NSO Group will have to pay damages. On May 6, a California federal jury found that the Israeli spyware vendor owes $167. 254 million in punitive damages for hacking into about 1400 WhatsApp users' devices.

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By Kevin Poireault · infosecurity-magazine.com

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